Portrait of M. Yampolsky / Portret M. Yampolskoho
ID:
4447
Updated:
04.02.2025
Name:
Portrait of M. Yampolsky / Portret M. Yampolskoho
Author:
Oleksii Shovkunenko
Original name:
The country of the work of art:
Date:
1940
Type:
Painting
Technique of implementation:
Painting, portrait
Materials:
Cardboard, oil
Dimensions:
74x54 sm
Special labels, markings, signatures:
Ж – 1127, КП – 3994
Location of special signs:
On the back on cardboard or on a stretcher
Description:
To the right of the composition's center is a 3/4-turn full-face view of a young man's torso to the left, with his head in profile to the left. Facial features: open convex forehead, deep-set dark eyes, black eyebrows, red cheeks, ears, straight nose. His black hair is cut short. He is wearing a white shirt, gray tie, and black jacket. Background: gray in the center and right, schematic image of three framed works on the left. On the back: Below the center, a graphite pencil inscription by the artist's wife: "Portrait of Mykhailo Yampolsky, 1940, oil on cardboard, size 54x74", on the right: "I testify. This is the work of Oleksii Shovkunenko. Oleksandr Shovkunenko. 20.IV.85". On the left edge, at a distance of 19 cm from the bottom edge, there is a 5.5 cm long tear in the cardboard. The lower edge is torn along its entire length. There are creases in the lower corners.
Circumstances:
It was taken out of the Kherson Art Museum by representatives of the russian federation
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Details of theft
Year of the incident:
2022
Place of the incident:
The Oleksii Shovkunenko Kherson Regional Art Museum
Coordinates (Lat, Lon):
46.62979067231111, 32.609546919505945
Place of last known stay:
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Description of the incident location
It was opened on May 27, 1978, in the former City Hall building, an architectural monument of the early 20th century. As of 2022 (before the robbery), the museum's collection included more than 13 thousand works of art and was one of the most interesting museum collections in Ukraine. It includes works of Ukrainian and foreign painting, graphics, sculpture, and decorative and applied arts. From October 31 to November 4, 2022, the Kherson Art Museum was looted by the russian occupiers, and more than 10,000 of its most valuable exhibits were stolen. The cargo was sent to Crimea, and the works (all or part of them) ended up in the Simferopol Central Museum of Tavrida. It is unknown whether everything is still there.
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